reference system
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With this faulty directional information, it was not suitable as a reliable reference system for the ants' behavior to look back to the nest entrance during the learning walks.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
That desire manifested as the BRS, or barrel reference system, a laser-guided attachment built to ensure guns met “lifetime zero,” never straying from flawless, factory-set aim.
From The Verge ● Jun. 11, 2015
With 275 galleries and 50 museums and institutions as partners, Art.sy has already digitized 20,000 images into its reference system, which it calls the Art Genome Project.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2012
To most scientists, this reference system, or memory, is one of the most important tools of man's intelligence.
From Time Magazine Archive
